Robert K. Greenleaf from 'The Servant as Leader' 'The servant-leader is servant first. Becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.... The best test is this: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?'
Ken Blanchard from 'The Heart of Leadership' 'I truly believe that servant-leadership has never been more applicable to the world of leadership than it is today. Not only are people looking for a deeper purpose and meaning when they must meet the challenges of todays changing world; they are also looking for principles and philosophies that actually work. Servant-leadership works. Servant-leadership is about getting people to a higher level by leading people at a higher level.'
Stephen R. Covey from 'Servant-Leadership and Community Leadership in the Twenty-First Century' 'Anyone can be a servant-leader. Any one of us can take initiative ourself; it doesnt require that we be appointed a leader, but it does require that we operate from moral authority. The spirit of servant-leadership is the spirit of moral authority.'
Margaret Wheatley from 'The Work of the Servant-Leader' 'I believe that Greenleaf knew so much, was accessing so much of what I would call ‘eternal wisdom when he said the criterion of successful servant-leadership is that those that we serve are healthier and wiser and freer and more autonomous, and perhaps they even loved our leadership so much that they want to serve others also.'
Warren Bennis from 'Become a Tomorrow Leader' 'Too many organizations are overmanaged and underled because the people at the top are better at making policies, practices, and procedures than they are at creating a compelling, overarching vision. They are managers, not leaders.'
FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTORS
Hamilton Beazley
Julie Beggs
Warren Bennis
Ken Blanchard
John C. Bogle
Rubye Howard Braye
John Burkhardt
John Carver
Stephen R. Covey
Max DePree
K. Brian Dorval
Kent A. Farnsworth
Tamyra L. Freeman
Robert K. Greenleaf
Dee Hock
Scott G. Isaksen
Joseph Jaworski
Michael Jones
Ann McGee-Cooper
Russ S. Moxley
Nancy Larner Ruschman
John P. Schuster
James D. Showkeir
Ruth Mercedes Smith
Larry C. Spears
Duane Trammell
David S. Young
Scott W. Webster
Margaret Wheatley
Judy Wicks
Lea E. Williams
Danah Zohar
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Servant-Leadership
Robert Greenleaf defined servant-leadership. Focus on Leadership, published by the Grealeaf Center, builds on the concepts Greenleaf established. The book is divided into four sections and each section explores a different concept of servant-leadership: individual, workplace, community and world. Servant-leadership is not just serving those one leads, it arises from a heart of service and choice to lead, and is different from management. The book provides an excellent foundation for servant-leadership, ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting take on some prominent leaders
I. Bibliographical Entry
Marquardt, M.J. and Berger, N.O. Global Leaders for the 21st Century. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000.
II. Biographical Sketch of Author
Dr. Michael Marquardt holds an Ed.D. from The George Washington University and is a well-known author on global leadership and organizational change. A leadership consultant, he has done consulting work for many of the companies and mentioned in this work, including Singapore Airlines, ... Read More
Rating: - are you ready for servant-leadership?
It's difficult to keep up with the new business management theories that come up, so I tend to shy away from most of them. Of course, if Peter Drucker writes something I'm quick to pounce on it. That being said, it was the status of the contributors themselves that lured me in to this great overview and analysis of servant-leadership. Stephen R. Covey and Ken Blanchard ("One-Minute Manager", "Who Moved My Cheese") offer great insight into a concept that actually has been around since the 1970's! Employee ... Read More
- Servant-Leadership
- Interesting take on some prominent leaders
